@benshapiro: Congrats to Regina King on her portrait being placed in the National Portrait Gallery!

@benshapiro: Congrats to Regina King on her portrait being placed in the National Portrait Gallery!

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@senatorshoshana: sorry

@senatorshoshana: sorry

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@LevineJonathan: 1. Obama 2. Lucy In the Field With Flowers

@LevineJonathan: 1. Obama 2. Lucy In the Field With Flowers

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@TimRunsHisMouth: WATCH: You can actually see Barack Obama do a "yikes, that's awful" double take looking at Michelle Obama's portrait, then look back at his cool one.

@TimRunsHisMouth: WATCH: You can actually see Barack Obama do a "yikes, that's awful" double take looking at Michelle Obama's portrait, then look back at his cool one.

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@NTarnopolsky: Such an unusual portrait for @MichelleObama

@NTarnopolsky: Such an unusual portrait for @MichelleObama

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

Memes mock Obamas' new portraits.

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Twitter Drags Obama Portraits: ‘Yikes, That’s Awful’

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The official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.

President Obama’s portrait was painted by Kehinde Wiley, a Yale-trained artist known for his depictions of African-American subjects. The painting shows the former president sitting pensive in a brown chair amid shrubbery and flowers.

The First Lady was done in a more muted style by the artist Amy Sherald and depicted her sitting, with a Mona Lisa-like expression, gazing out beyond the canvas.

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The National Portrait Gallery unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, painted by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald. (Feb. 12)